The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1887-01-07
from our special correspondent. ]
WASHINGTON, Dec. q, 1885,

b the Editor Of tho Dillon TRIBrNEa q .
Ere this greeting reaches your sanctu,p,
e year Of eighteen hundred and eighty.
< will have taken its place among the
hadows Of the things that have been,"
d the new year will be knocking at the
or for admission. Today the Christian
orld is making grand preparation for the
,rious festival. and alas! how soon it
Ill b. over! Still that 10 reason why
se shouldn't enjoy it's it! Tommy
,oore sung, ".all that's bright must fade" !"
I'd 50 forth. Well suppose it does fade
hat Of it, That's ali right--let It fade !;
I'd then let us keep lookout for some
ther brightness. That's the idea--that is
hilosophy; that is SENSE -sl,or>e sense
,hicl, after all, is the only kind Of sense
at enables us to keep up an an,iablc .rot
Nth this curious and inconsistent world
10 dip my pen with fresh supply Of the
ackest OF black ink, and shout 70 the
aIBuSE across the prairies. le, her "fltic"
much as she wants to; let ber "iadc" 10
r hearts content; let her fade until there
not grease spot left! Even after all
at, the beautiful >hadow--the glorious
emory---the scent and the aroma, will
ger to delight The heart and mind; i'ul
.ase remember, dear Dillon TRIBUNE,
Oh ,say break, you may ruin but
bear. am afraid to quote much from
,,n Moore to one who has to make bat
with the stern realities Of life, while
compl>sed round about with billiards,
low drifts, and frozen thermometers. 1t
yht play havoc with your thoughts, Mr..
'ito, turn them away ard lead them
o channels which wander far away from
actical editorial duties. After all, poetry
as never intcnded for editors, postnas.
rs, pedago4A'es, lamp-lighters, hotel keep.
or nervous women. 1t trets Tive >hul
irs up the bile, and thoroughly units
lem for a just appreciation of bread and
.ttes milking. This applies with pcrul.
''and particular force to an editor. Let
i'm steep his soul in poetry for few
nths, and, if YOU watch him narrowly,
j, will soon discover wild and lurid
re in his eye: at times an uncertain,
,odv and tittu manner, with a GROWN.
position to eschew his mornings buck
eat cakes, coifish.balls and sausage
.c',ing--his case is almost hopeless.
X follow him up. and as YOU cautiously
5 through The kev-holc Of his sanctum
,ctorum-whcn Ne thinks he is alone,
hen he deems ny stranger ear is listen
'-vou will see nim pace the floor with
hgic mien, and ever and anon pass his
,rial hand through his amIrosia locks
sar them from hi, classic brow. as he
e:>, II have not loved the "orlA, no,
world loved me-
taken in hand Just at that moment.
while the deed is fresh, and given a
en- grain pill of II, dr;,r-vrun, popular.
novn as "b!rc-mass,' foil owed in 'hc
| ring, ere hc rises from his strnw.mat
S, With two quarts OF sails, voii tnav
him back to sausage and buck w heat
future editorial usefulness But de
t, and the work! has another "Corsair"
is hands; one more free bt>,.rr ,c ,iny
the glad waters of the dark blue sea-"
so forth
ashington never gets left" to quote
teet; she makes it a rule to keep
kst Of the times. Just now We learn
the managers OF the Washington and
rgetown X. r. Co. propose to take i'm
.ate steps to substitute cable system
ehe whole line of their road. in place
Re horse cars, and that they only awai, |
necessary permission OF Congress
mated expense $l5o,ooo per mile. OF
g the TRIBUNE knows what cable
ts-very simple thing indeed. Cars
nm by a"Dynano," Or something of
ktnd, and they go right along without
fouble. don't exactly know what a
4no' is, and toh< h<candid, don't want
Wv, but am sure the TRIBUNE does.
1t great pity it is more miscrs. like
ec4entrc + Price Greenleaf, OF Quincy,
ss,pont die and leave their hoarlire~
aur colleges. Grcenleat was, as per all
'rtssa typlca! miSer, and after li>inu
On 10 = century, has Recently gone .he
of;s' flesh. and left lis entire for,r.,.
'5ooooo 70 Harvard College. Some.
'Rh always happening to k,vp rs
skMS 1t 1t wasn't fer Dc0r', ~ ~.